Torque screwdriver settings

[telectrix]

back to basics. tighten, wriggle, pull. tighten again. beats any fancy contraption going.

 

[SparkySy]

As has been said it's not regulation yet but the Stroma assessment guy said it is good practice and that it is worth doing as then you have a leg to stand on if something goes wrong, at least you have compliance with the manufacturers instructions! I have and use the wiha one, it has the range you need for almost all manufacturers. Is nice to use too
Sy

 

[Midwest]

it's not about that telectrix, it's about wanting to provide a professional and safe service. No matter how good you think you are, you don't have a torque mechanism in your wrist and I bet you have over or under tightened a mcb before. No ones perfect but we can all try to be

I've heard he's always doing them off his wrists

 

[telectrix]

we never had these new-fangled talking screwdrivers 50 years ago. and we never had loose terminations either. is it a catch22? the invention of the drivers propagates loose terminals, or is it loose terminals propagate the tools. don't matter a damn now anyway. we fit metal CUs, so poor termination is cured at a stroke.

 

[gazdkw82]

Things change. It was changed before me and there isn't much I can do about it. Some things were probably better back then but a damn sight more has improved over the years.

I'm new to the industry and I'm trying to work and adhere to what is current and what is going to improve standards.

 

[telectrix]

Things change. It was changed before me and there isn't much I can do about it. Some things were probably better back then but a damn sight more has improved over the years.

I'm new to the industry and I'm trying to work and adhere to what is current and what is going to improve standards.

you'll always get tghis banter off us old farts. jeez, it took me years to get used to these new-fangled meters with digtoes read out. kept tapping mine to try and see a needle move.

 

[Midwest]

we never had these new-fangled talking screwdrivers 50 years ago. and we never had loose terminations either. is it a catch22? the invention of the drivers propagates loose terminals, or is it loose terminals propagate the tools. don't matter a damn now anyway. we fit metal CUs, so poor termination is cured at a stroke.

Yep 50 years ago we moved from newspaper to this;

 

[gazdkw82]

It's all good

I just want to be positive and move forward

 

[Specialist]

I started using mine regularly when a couple of MCB’s I was tightening split as I had over tightened.

Told you Not to have Weetabix for breakfast

 

[Pete999]

Told you Not to have Weetabix for breakfast

You mean stopped using them don't you mate

 

[Specialist]

it's not about that telectrix, it's about wanting to provide a professional and safe service. No matter how good you think you are, you don't have a torque mechanism in your wrist and I bet you have over or under tightened a mcb before. No ones perfect but we can all try to be

Buying a torque screwdriver won't allow to provide a professional or safe service & if you think buying a torque screwdriver will help you become perfect at the job then God help you.
Give it a couple of years & they'll no doubt change their minds and say they shouldn't be used.

 

[Pete999]

Buying a torque screwdriver won't allow to provide a professional or safe service & if you think buying a torque screwdriver will help you become perfect at the job then God help you.
Give it a couple of years & they'll no doubt change their minds and say they shouldn't be used.

They push trainees into buying torque screwdriver sets during the Part P courses don't they?

 

[Midwest]

Pete, you gonna to have to let this Part P thing go

 

[Pete999]

Pete, you gonna to have to let this Part P thing go

Why?

 

[Wilko]

back to basics. tighten, wriggle, pull. tighten again. beats any fancy contraption going.

In support - I have a torque wrench and I can assure it does not settle the cable like Tel's technique. IMO it protects the MCB from damage but it doesn't guarantee a good connection.